Mentor Graphics HyperLynx 7.7 Introduces Ground-Breaking SERDES Technology and Major Productivity Enhancements.WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. [R] Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT), the market and technology leader in printed circuit board (PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. ) design solutions, today announced the immediate availability of HyperLynx[R] 7.7, the latest version of its powerful and easy-to-use tool suite for pre- and post-layout signal integrity (SI) simulation and analysis. HyperLynx 7.7 includes significant productivity and technology enhancements targeted at classic high-speed bus technologies, as well as the rapidly emerging SERDES See serializer/deserializer. (SERialization/DE-Serialization) interconnect standards for connecting serial drivers and receivers. "I use HyperLynx because it is one of the few accurate circuit simulators with coupled lossy-line models and an integrated 2D field solver," said Dr. Eric Bogatin, industry expert and author of Signal Integrity Simplified. "Plus, it is far and away the quickest tool on the market to learn with a five-minute learning curve. With the release of HyperLynx 7.7, its value for high-speed serial link analysis has more than doubled." "Gigabit SERDES interconnects are the industry's answer for faster data transfer," said Henry Potts, vice president and general manager of Mentor Graphics Systems Design Division. "At current multi-gigabit rates, the ability to simulate is a necessity. HyperLynx 7.7 is a further example of Mentor's commitment to technology leadership. The release of HyperLynx 7.7 is specifically targeted at increasing design productivity and efficiency for SERDES simulation." HyperLynx 7.7 Enhancements HyperLynx 7.7 provides several industry-leading enhancements, including: * The integration of Mentor's mixed-signal simulation engine, enabling simultaneous simulation of AMS AMS - Andrew Message System , Eldo[R] (SPICE), IBIS IC models, SPICE package models and frequency-dependent S-parameter models in the same channel * A Touchstone model viewer, enabling engineers to examine S-parameter models and to quickly check for causality causality, in philosophy, the relationship between cause and effect. A distinction is often made between a cause that produces something new (e.g., a moth from a caterpillar) and one that produces a change in an existing substance (e.g. and passivity violations -- common problems with these models * Mentor's industry-leading complex-pole fitting algorithms which allow large S-parameter files to be compiled natively for Mentor simulators producing an order of magnitude A change in quantity or volume as measured by the decimal point. For example, from tens to hundreds is one order of magnitude. Tens to thousands is two orders of magnitude; tens to millions is three orders of magnitude, etc. increase in simulation speed * A pre-layout tool offering complete padstack editing, giving the engineer the ability to compare through-hole, blind or buried vias during channel analysis before going to layout * A new "fast eye diagram" capability for SERDES design that incorporates Bit Error Rate (BER (1) (Basic Encoding Rules) A set of encoding rules for ASN.1 notation, which is a method for defining data structures. See ASN.1. (2) (Bit Error Rate) The average number of bits transmitted in error. See BERT. 1. ) prediction and bathtub curves, saving time by enabling engineers to examine eye quality across millions or even billions of cycles in just a matter of minutes A Matter of Minutes is an episode from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Cast
* The unique ability to predict the worst-case bit stimulus sequence that would produce a maximally closed eye diagram Productivity enhancements include: * Significant oscilloscope oscilloscope (əsĭl`əskōp'), electronic device used to produce visual displays corresponding to electrical signals. Displays of such nonelectrical phenomena as the variations of a sound's intensity can be made if the phenomena are improvements and an extensive upgrade to the batch simulation utility * The ability to view current waveforms, import/export functionality with Mentor's Waveform Analyzer and EZWave[TM] waveform viewers, and ten automated scope measurements that include flight-time, eye width and height and DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 2 de-rating * Post-layout batch simulation with user-requested features, such as reusable electrical rule sets, wildcard See wild cards and wildcard mask. searches for groups of nets, sorting of nets by driver edge rate and batch auditor Support for all Major PCB Layout Tools HyperLynx is compatible with each of Mentor's PCB design flows, including the Board Station[R] Series, Expedition[TM] Enterprise, and PADS[R] PCB design environments, along with PCB layout systems from Cadence, Altium and Zuken. Pricing and Availability HyperLynx 7.7 is available immediately with entry pricing starting at $4,267 (node locked) and fully functioned at $40,400 (node locked; floating licenses are also available). More information, as well as a free high-speed design tutorial and software demonstration is available at www.mentor.com/hyperlynx or by calling 800-547-3000. About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of over $750 million and employs approximately 4,100 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon Wilsonville is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 13,991 at the 2000 census, and as of 2005 was estimated to be 16,510.[1] Geography Wilsonville is located at (45.306805, -122. 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/. Mentor Graphics, Eldo, Board Station, PADS and HyperLynx are registered trademarks, and Expedition and EZWave is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. |
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